The Justice Department announced that it reached a settlement with the city of Hubbard, Oregon, resolving an investigation of the city under Title I of
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NPRM TO REQUIRE MOVIE THEATERS TO PROVIDE CLOSED MOVIE CAPTIONING AND AUDIO DESCRIPTION
The Attorney General recently signed the Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act regulation to provide closed movie
AMERICA’S LARGEST DRUG STORE CHAIN TO PAY $180,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Walgreens Fired Longtime Employee With Diabetes Over a $1.39 Bag of Chips Drugstore giant Walgreens has agreed to pay $180,000 to a longtime employee with
PRINCETON HEALTHCARE PAYS $1.35 MILLION TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS), which operates an inpatient hospital and several outpatient medical facilities, will pay $1,350,000 and will undertake significant remedial measures to settle
ADA SUIT BASED ON FACEBOOK POST MOVES FORWARD
This case may provide an important lesson to employers, a federal court in Indiana allowed an employee’s Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit to move
ENTITY TO PAY $100,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
A San Jose-based business has agreed to pay $100,000 to a former employee fired because of his vision impairment and to implement new policies and
ENTITY TO PAY $53,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT
An optical store in Farmington Hills, Mich., will pay $53,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the
ENTITY TO PAY $65,000 AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ADA TRAINING ANNUALLY
“Employers who ignore the law’s requirement to make a good-faith effort to accommodate employees with disabilities are just causing more trouble for their own business,”
DOJ REACHES LANDMARK ADA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH RHODE ISLAND
The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a statewide settlement agreement that will resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADA PENALTIES TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY
On March 28, 2014, the DOJ issued a Final Rule that adjusts for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Civil Rights